Tulsa Fire Department

Our Mission
The Tulsa Fire Department is dedicated to the protection of life, health, property and the environment by delivering quality life and fire safety services.

Our Vision
The Tulsa Fire Department will achieve national recognition as a leading authority in public safety, emergency management and community risk reduction.

Our Strategic Goals
The Tulsa Fire Department strives to accomplish its mission through the following eight strategic goals:

• Provide opportunities for all personnel to be properly prepared to accept higher roles and responsibilities within the Department

• Provide emergency response consistent with professionally recognized standards of coverage.

• Seek to obtain additional funding sources to improve service levels to the community.

• Work to prevent or reduce loss to the community by fire and other occurrence.

• Strive to hire and promote members to reflect the diversity of our community.

• Prepare for increased levels of EMS service delivery.

• Establish itself as a leader in homeland security and incident management.

• Operate as a systematic joint management/union to meeting established objectives.

• Partner with City departments and other organizations in order to strengthen educational opportunities and to stimulate economic development.

Statements of Individual Worth and Accountability:

• Each individual is valuable to the department.

• Each individual must be treated ethically and provided training, proper equipment, support, safety, and opportunity.

• Each individual is accountable to others in the organization, the department, and the public.

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